The Collabwith methodology that provides a holistic approach to innovation, collaborative innovation, innovation management and innovation leadership. It is full of practical advice for high-level politicians, innovation industry leaders, academics and entrepreneurs discussing the reality of innovation and how to create change for a positive impact.
The full methodology is coming from the book Innovation and Collaboration in the Digital Era, authored by Collabwith CEO Jara Pascual, that provides a holistic approach to collaborative innovation, innovation management and innovation leadership. It is full of practical advice and includes 34 interviews with high-level politicians, innovation industry leaders, academics and entrepreneurs discussing the reality of innovation and how to create change for a positive impact. Many quotes are included from researchers and practitioners in the innovation field who have participated as guests in the author’s podcast “Business of Collaboration” or in interviews with the Collabwith Magazine which she produces.
Innovation and Collaboration in the Digital Era, this is a powerful book full of practical frameworks and one-page canvases which act as reminders of the value of making needs and expectations explicit. The author provides frameworks and tools that can be used to support collaboration journeys across different sectors and organizations. She also offers clarity to the reader for their innovation journey and brings a new perspective on how to innovate and understand innovation.
Jara Pascual focuses on the importance of managing emotions and feelings of frustration which can be very common during a collaborative innovation process. She explores the interaction between Emotional Intelligence and business and shows how to remove and manage frustration and how to produce a positive outcome.
Innovation and Collaboration in the Digital Era will empower the reader to take action and show how to change your conversation about innovation and collaboration.
What is the difference with the methodology?
It’s the first time where emotional intelligence skills are defined together with innovation, not only how emotions impact on creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship, innovation leadership, innovation processes, concepts, collaborations and ecosystems. This method is how to apply emotional intelligence skills and management as a mindset, and also embedded within canvases and frameworks to use them immediately.
WHERE THE METHODOLOGY IS APPLIED
- Consulting: Collabwith consulting services are for governments, corporates, universities, ecosystems and individual leaders to help them with their innovation journey. Consulting is great for organizations that want to become more innovative and collaborate but not sure how. Collabwith will help you to discover which strategy you need, mindset, training, and roadmap. click here to know more.
- Software: Collabwith has several options as software as a service (SaaS), for open innovation, –where you retain your own data in a secure SaaS environment– training, innovation ecosystems, innovation communities, innovation networks, and collaborative innovation. An open Innovation App, where anyone can join , create an account, and access to public funding, jobs, innovation communities, innovation training and other resources that are part of your innovation journey. The Innovation App is the ultimate collaboration platform for your company click here to know more.
- Education and trainings (capacity building, if you prefer a policy taxonomy): Collabwith offers in person group trainings (choosing from our workshops or tailor made for your needs), offers digital courses, and digital masterclasses that you can find in our digital academy inside the Innovation App (digital platform), or access to our monthly live webinars (English & Español) individually or via subscription. Get trainings from developing the innovation mindset to creating advanced innovation strategies click here to know more.
- Surveys: Collabwith has created two surveys to identify where in the innovation journey your organization or ecosystem is. The results of the survey will be shorted in a 2 pages report to support you to create the next steps with the recommendations roadmap. Easy to start with your innovation culture, or innovation ecosystem click here to know more.
HOW TO APPLY THE METHODOLOGY
Free resources
Digital nuggets of concepts from the methodology and other quick learning materials, Collabwith and Jara Pascual creates to help you in your daily innovation life.
Free resources might be videos, worksheets, webinars, white-papers, reports and other quick learning formats that are available for free.
Also, free resources could be from other experts, entrepreneurs, academics that are sharing their knowledge in small bites for the rest of the community.
Click here for checking highlights of free resources, or go directly to the “Innovation App” section Free resources.
Book
This is the book “Innovation and Collaboration in the Digital Era”, The Role of Emotional Intelligence for Innovation Leadership and Collaborative Innovation (De Gruyter Business & Economics).
This is a powerful book full of practical frameworks and one-page canvases which act as reminders of the value of making needs and expectations explicit. The author provides frameworks and tools that can be used to support collaboration journeys across different sectors and organizations. This book also offers clarity to the reader for their innovation journey and brings a new perspective on how to innovate and understand innovation.
Click here to buy the book from Amazon, if you want to buy several books for your team, please make an order directly in our online shop, here.
Collaboration canvas
This is a guide to help you to prepare a collaboration, to negotiation a collaboration or to review a project you are doing with one or several partners. This canvas is a guidelines that you can use to reduce the number of meetings, to go directly to the point, don’t to forget topics, negotiate better, and have an excuse to talk about critical issues like legal and money. It was created for a university-industry collaboration but at the end it could be used for any collaboration or partnership.
Click here to read more about the Collaboration canvas, and how to use it for your organization or team.
Collaboration Plan canvas
This is a canvas that you can use to plan the collaborations you want to focus on during a year. Collabwith recommendation is to first analyse your needs, and then identify 3 needs to cover during one year with collaborations from business perspective with researchers or startups or other businesses.
Click here to read more about the Collaboration Plan canvas, and how to use it for your organization or team.
Business Plan canvas
Collabwith has created a different business canvas, based on what an entrepreneur really need to focus on that could be useful from day one. Check it now, for yourself, and let us know! We are very confident in this one.
The Business Plan canvas is focus on mindset, on sales, product, marketing, PR, etc. The basics to go through, create a clear picture of your startup or project and plan a roadmap for each new service as well.
Click here to read more about the Business Plan canvas, and how to use it for your organization or team.
Innovation Ecosystem canvas
This is one of the stars of the canvases together with the Collaboration canvas. The Innovation Ecosystem canvas could be used by ecosystem coordinators, network coordinators, community managers, team leads, association directors or founders that want to bring people together in high performing projects, collaborate and learn to innovate and transform the markets.
Click here to read more about the Innovation Ecosystem canvas, and how to use it for your organization or team.
Monthly live workshops, interviews and masterclasses for your inspiration and growth
Collabwith Academy, we have specialized training created by our team of psychology and business experts to create effective and long term collaborations. Our methodology is based on 15 years of experience in innovation and collaboration and 30 years of experience in psychology and emotional intelligence.
Collabwith Academy is a platform to share knowledge about innovation, collaboration, emotional intelligence, entrepreneurship, finance, sustainability, communication and investment-related webinars, workshops, trainings and classes created by Collabwith or by Collabwith members where you can learn quick and easy one concept related to innovation, collaboration, technology, entrepreneurship or emotional intelligence to enhance your capabilities. Collabwith Academy is a place where you can find monthly webinars and workshops created by the Collabwith Community members, teaching you their high-level expertise on technology and innovation. Besides, this events, you can receive personalized technology consulting every month from the Collabwith Community High-Expert Members, let us know or contact them directly inside our Collabwith Platform.
ABOUT COLLABWITH
Collabwith is a technology and a service to structure collaboration for innovation. It’s a tool to connect academics-startups-organizations. Because a tool is not enough to transform how you collaborate, here we have created a new methodology, personalized trainings, a new way of communication and a tailored made consulting for you to be more effective and efficient, now. Grow your business and innovation through smart collaborations with Collabwith innovative and holistic approach to collaboration.
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